Published: 2023-12-28

In the Spotlight of Theology and Ethics – Vladimir Putin

Peter Fonk
Studia Teologiczno-Historyczne Śląska Opolskiego
Section: Articles
DOI https://doi.org/10.25167/sth.5288

Abstract

The presented article concerns the war in Ukraine and the right of this country to self-defense. There is no talk about legitimate necessary defense, but about social self-defense. From this, under certain conditions derived the right to military intervention, so called humanitarian intervention.
This concept was formulated in the document of the Central Committee of German Catholics in 2000 and later extended by principle of responsibility in the defense – Responsibility
To Protect, which during the summit of United Nations in New York in 2004/2005 were acknowledged and proclaimed as a moral obligation. The criteria formulated in them demonstrate in their content an explicit convergence with the Catholic teaching on “just war”. In the past it was better to treat the seriously hegemonial intentions of Putin, as communicated for a lot of years, and developed preventative strategies, because modern warfare only brings beatings and not any winner. This approach is presented in the encyclical letter of Pope Francis Fratelli tutti, which can be read as a document about peace, and the war in Ukraine confirms it.

Keywords:

Kievan Rus as historical legitimization, necessary defense and necessary aid, humanitarian intervention, responsibility to protect, teaching about just war, ecclesial ethics of peace

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Fonk, P. (2023). In the Spotlight of Theology and Ethics – Vladimir Putin. Studia Teologiczno-Historyczne Śląska Opolskiego, 43(2), 51–68. https://doi.org/10.25167/sth.5288

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